"Jello® shots" and cocktails as ethanol vehicles: Parametric studies with high- and low-saccharin-consuming rats

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4685-4714

  Dess, Nancy K ^a   Madkins, Chardonnay D ^a   Geary, Bree A ^a   Chapman, Clinton D ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric compensation; Ethanol; Flavor preference; Gelatin; Individual differences

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GELATIN; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDITIONING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

RATTUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EATING; ETHANOL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD PREFERENCES; GELATIN; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SACCHARIN; SEX FACTORS; TASTE;

EID: 84888169247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5114685     Document Type: Article

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